Superhydrophobic materials and coatings: a review

JT Simpson, SR Hunter, T Aytug - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Over the past few years, the scientific community, as well as the world's coatings industry
has seen the introduction of oxide/polymer-based superhydrophobic surfaces and coatings …

Advances in approaches and methods for self-cleaning of solar photovoltaic panels

A Syafiq, AK Pandey, NN Adzman, N Abd Rahim - Solar Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Photovoltaic (PV) installations in desert areas such as Middle East, Africa, four-season
countries and industrial areas suffers from loss in efficiency due to accumulation of dust …

Hierarchical Copper with Inherent Hydrophobicity Mitigates Electrode Flooding for High-Rate CO2 Electroreduction to Multicarbon Products

ZZ Niu, FY Gao, XL Zhang, PP Yang, R Liu… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Copper is currently the material with the most promise as catalyst to drive carbon dioxide
(CO2) electroreduction to produce value-added multicarbon (C2+) compounds. However, a …

Nanograssed micropyramidal architectures for continuous dropwise condensation

X Chen, J Wu, R Ma, M Hua, N Koratkar… - Advanced functional …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Engineering the dropwise condensation of water on surfaces is critical in a wide range of
applications from thermal management (eg heat pipes, chip cooling etc.) to water harvesting …

Engineering hydrophobicity and high-index planes of gold nanostructures for highly selective electrochemical CO2 reduction to CO and efficient CO2 capture

T Kwon, S Prabhakaran, DH Kim, MH Kim… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
In current study, we demonstrate a strategy for improving the catalytic performance of gold
(Au) for carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO 2 RR), specifically enhancing selectivity for …

[BOOK][B] Introduction to nanoscience and nanotechnology

GL Hornyak, HF Tibbals, J Dutta, JJ Moore - 2008 - api.taylorfrancis.com
The maturation of nanotechnology has revealed it to be a unique and distinct discipline
rather than a specialization within a larger field. Its textbook cannot afford to be a chemistry …

Durable and flexible superhydrophobic materials: abrasion/scratching/slicing/droplet impacting/bending/twisting-tolerant composite with porcupinefish-like structure

Y Yamauchi, M Tenjimbayashi… - ACS Applied Materials …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Superhydrophobic materials with micro/nanotextured surface have attracted tremendous
attention owing to their potential applications such as self-cleaning, antifouling, anti-icing …

Clustered ribbed-nanoneedle structured copper surfaces with high-efficiency dropwise condensation heat transfer performance

J Zhu, Y Luo, J Tian, J Li, X Gao - ACS applied materials & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
We report that the dropwise condensation heat transfer (DCHT) effectiveness of copper
surfaces can be dramatically enhanced by in situ grown clustered ribbed-nanoneedles …

The nature of inherent bactericidal activity: insights from the nanotopology of three species of dragonfly

DE Mainwaring, SH Nguyen, H Webb, T Jakubov… - Nanoscale, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
While insect wings are widely recognised as multi-functional, recent work showed that this
extends to extensive bactericidal activity brought about by cell deformation and lysis on the …

Unique and universal dew-repellency of nanocones

P Lecointre, S Laney, M Michalska, T Li… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Surface structuring provides a broad range of water-repellent materials known for their
ability to reflect millimetre-sized raindrops. Dispelling water at the considerably reduced …